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| This is Social Class, or your Place/Position in Society. Usually in Economic terms. |
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| Kingship created by laws or marriage |
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| A group of all simialr ages all go through a common ritual at somepoint, which bonds them. ie. Circumcision |
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| Individuals bility to excercise free-will within a social structure |
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| An unbalanced type of reciprocity who gave the most misunderstood gift, do not want it, have everything already |
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| Apex of a clan, common ancestor |
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| Nothing natural or essential about a system of meaning |
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| A social stratification based on race or ethnicity, gender or class |
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| Oral primate communication based on complex sounds and signs in response to environmental things. |
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| Stipulated descent, memebers of a group who understand that they are connected by blood in some way but cannot identify specific geological links |
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| Use of force to generate social actions |
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| Unstructured society and intense friendship |
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| Standard family, nuclear family, intermediate family |
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| Relationships believe to have a common relationships |
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| Social action in accordance wiht ones free will |
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| Power needed to be considered a productive network of a social body |
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| Symbolic aspects of any society of where we show ourselves ( sports, media, etc.) |
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| Power based on consensus (Opposite of Domination) |
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| Traditions are functions which support the status quo, treated as unchanging |
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| Primary way humans socialize, way we communicate and express oursleves |
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| Consist of people who belive they can specify themsleves through a common anscestor |
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| Ritual outcomes intended to have an effect on practical use |
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| Trobiand magic, painting shields and physical ritual |
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| True value unknown, but has high social authority, a common or shared historical experience |
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| Strong political identity |
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| Mother and their children, non-standard family |
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| One wife, multiple husbands (opposite of polygyny) |
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| one husband, multiple wifes (opposite of polyandry) |
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| Beliefs and behaviors used to explain supernatural things, and explains comsic forces |
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| A supernatural pattern that is a pattern in life, socially acceptable and coated in myth |
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| Rights and obligations appropriate to a particular status |
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| A tentative lens from whihc we view something, a tentative model of whats going on |
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| Groups and relationships ppl are organized into based on the assumption that humans are social animals |
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| A set of hierarechal relationships among different groups |
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| Publicly recognized place in society |
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| Societies that have social straification |
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| Strategy used by groups of people of how they use their environment. (Hunting) |
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| Characteristics of reality beyond senses |
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| Blending of 2 cultures to create 1 new culture |
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| Descent traced through the mother or father, not both, one is more important then the other. |
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| Descent from mother being most important |
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- Disease is etic
- Illnes is emic, culturally shaped |
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- Sex is social categorizations, sex is based on genitalia
-Gender is based on mascualr and feminine traits and roles in society |
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| Value of Reflexivity in Anthropology |
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| It provides insights that are not availbale through observations |
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| Relationships between Coercion and Consensus |
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- Both affect social action
Coercion = Use of force to affect social action
Consensus = Social action through ones approval |
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Social, Primary, and Secondary
Primary = Groups in which individual interact on a daily basis
Secondary = Indentity groups, ppl identify with it but never meet everyone in the group (ie. ethnicity)
Social = a cluster of people beyond the domestic unit who are usually related other then kinship
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| Features of Human Communication |
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| Common Elements of Greetings |
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| Ackowledgement, recognizing, smiling, shaking hands, talking... etc. |
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| Applied VS. Academic Anthropology |
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Academic = Careers that involve teaching anthropology, universities and colleges. Do research but more for the contribution to knowledge
Applied = Using knowledge of anthropology in addressing real world problems
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| Gender Roles & Gender Hierarchies |
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Gender Roles = expectations of men and women in society
Gender Hierarchies = what they do, and what each gender brings to the table, and the order by whcih brings most |
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Class = is based on occupation and money
Caste = birth right, cannot move between it
Race = birth right, cant move between it, its what you are. |
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| Nation, State, and Nation-State |
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Nation = group of people who share the same history, culture, language, and substance
State = physical place of where people are politically
Nation-state = combination of both |
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| 3 Modes of Economic Activity |
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1.) Exchange
2.) Livlihood
3.) Consumption |
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1.) Generalized = give something and dont worry about it
2.) Balanced = give it and expect back
3.) Negative = one person gives somethi without trying to lose something |
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1.) Reciprocity =
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| Both Parents are important |
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